• St FX Concert Choir Rehearsal MIDIs
  (tags: arlene midi choir)
• Main Articles: ‘Web 2.0: Building the New Library’, Ariadne Issue 45
  (tags: collaboration culture Learning rss technology web2.0)

• A Poverty of the Mind – New York Times
  Interesting NYT op ed by Orlando Patterson argues that more attention must be paid to cultural factors in the explanation of why black males do not succeed in America.
  (tags: poverty race)
• Muc luc cac hinh anh cua Viet Nam
  Some interesting historical photos of Vietnam. Well organized.
  (tags: vietnam photography)

• Nature issue on the future of the computer
  Excellent (and free) issue from Nature reviews the future of the computer. Focus is on how the way we use computers will change.
  (tags: science complexity computing worldchanging)

• Globalisation Institute – Home
  Interesting liberal institute that promotes the role of globalization in poverty reduction.
  (tags: globalization ngo)

• JobSite Search Results — Faculty of Information Studies
  (tags: library Jobs)
• ontario library association
  (tags: library jobs)
• CLA: Library Careers – Job Opportunities
  (tags: Jobs library)
• Horizons – Social Economy
  Special issue if Horizons from the Canadian Policy Research Initiative on the Social Economy
  (tags: socialeconomy governance canada policy)
• HDnet.org
  (tags: health hiv networks)

• Tips for finishing your Ph.D.
  Good advice on getting through a Ph.D. program
  (tags: ph.d. academic_departments)

• Community Economic Development
  Cape Breton University Community Economic Development programs
  (tags: CED education)

INTRAC is hosting a conference on civil society capacity building late this year.

The conference interestingly begins with 3 premises.

* A belief that a quality capacity building practice does exist and does bring results

* An understanding that there are a variety of constraints to achieving the above

* A wish to search for agreement on ‘bottom lines’ regarding donor policies/practice towards capacity building that will hold firm whatever the future orthodoxies bring

http://www.intrac.org/pages/CBconference.html

The dominant vision of Africa in most of the media is one of war, poverty and despair. This is one of the reasons that the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation, here in my own back yard, has sponsored the South Through the Northern Eye campaign over the past year. The project includes a photo competition for ethical images of the African continent. Many of the photos that I’ve seen are beautiful and striking. The smiles, stolen moments and peacefulness embodies in the pictures challenges much of what we’ve come to accept as standard fare in portraying Africa.

At the same time, I have not seen many photos that push the envelop even further – beyond happy children in villages and into Africans’ self portrayal. Africa is young and increasingly urban. Where are the buildings, and where is the industry? Where is the Africa of the present and the future. For this reason, I was delighted to read in the New York Times about “Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography”, a show that is currently underway at the International Centre for Photography. The photos on the website, almost all of which were taken by African photographers or members of the African diaspora, include cityscapes, impressionistic portraits and modernist political commentary. The show seems to try to come to grips with what it means to portray Africa in the modern world.

Two shows with two purposes offer two very different views of Africa. Each ‘ethical’ in their own way, and each with something to say about how we see the world.

• Swedish Morphological Society
  Interesting approach to modelling that could be quite useful for strategic planning. Interesting, though perhaps a little cumbersome.
  (tags: Design systems models planning strategy)
• Strategic Planning: Glossary of Terms
  Good list of terms that is useful for universities.
  (tags: planning strategy)